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avengement|əˈvɛndʒmənt| Also 5–7 au-, 6 adv-. [a. OF. avengement, f. avengier: see avenge v. and -ment.] Infliction of retributive punishment, exaction of satisfaction, vengeance.
1494Fabyan cl. (R.) In auengement of his sayd lordes deth. 1535Goodly Primer (1848) 64 Drawn to..avengement, wrath, or such other vices. 1670Milton Hist. Eng. iv. (1851) 167 Thir full avengement upon Ecfrid. 1795T. Taylor Apuleius (1822) 212 He..enjoyed the most grateful avengement of corrupted nuptials. 1826E. Irving Babylon II. 319 The Lord, in all his avengements, hath..an eye to..the reformation of the wicked. |